What does a Virtual Machine do?

A Virtual Machine is an isolated software acting just like a physical computer, as it can run its own operating system and applications, and includes the same components (motherboard, VGA card, network card controller, etc.). As a result, virtual machines are completely compatible with all standard x86 operating systems, applications and device drivers, so you can use a virtual machine to run all the same software that you would run on a physical x86 computer.

There is no difference between a Virtual Machine and a physical one, as far as the operating systems, applications or other computers on the network are concerned. The Virtual Machine is perceived the same way as the physical machine even though it is composed entirely of software, contains no hardware whatsoever and has its own virtual (software-based) CPU, RAM hard disk and Network Interface Card (NIC).

Why switch?

Maintaining a server in a datacenter is most of the times a good investment and an efficient way to insure the best functioning of your servers. However, it can always give you a hard time, as operations require using a lot of resources. Besides the positive aspects that all know and look forward to when deciding to make this step, here are some examples of things you will need to consider:

• Renting space
• The hardware
• The rack space
• The amount of time spent to configure all the equipments
• Insuring enough Internet bandwidth and redundancy

A Virtual Machine can do all that for you and much more, at only a small part of the resources and costs involved. Let Iristel deal with the hassle; you only have to decide what we will host on the servers. You can run almost any type of software, like PBXs, databases, IVRs, conference bridges, etc.

Today’s x86 computer hardware was designed to run a single operating system and a single application, leaving most machines underutilized. Virtualization enables running several virtual machines on a single hardware, each Virtual Machine sharing the same resources across multiple environments. Each Virtual Machine can run a different operating system and multiple applications on the same physical computer.

Iristel creates fully functional Virtual Machines running their own operating system and applications by using specialized software. Virtualization is done by inserting a thin layer of software directly on the computer hardware or on a host operating system. This contains a Virtual Machine monitor or “hypervisor” that allocates hardware resources dynamically and transparently, allowing the multiple operating systems to run concurrently on a single physical computer and share hardware resources with each other.

Here are some more advantages of a Virtual Machine over a physical machine:

Isolation

Each Virtual Machine on a server is isolated, thus if you run several Virtual Machines and one of them needs rebooting or crashes, the others will continue to function normally, unlike non-virtualized environments, where all applications on the server will be affected. Having a Virtual Machine means creating backups and performing virtual environment migrations with no downtime, and a faster recovery in case of unplanned issues. Being an isolated environment, a Virtual Machine insures a higher degree of availability and security of applications.

No collocation facility needed

Increase your IT administrators’ efficiency and availability by eliminating the old “one server, one application”. Iristel will spend the time managing the servers, giving your staff centralized control, while users are allowed an easy access to the services they need. Deploy, manage and monitor secure desktop environments that users can access locally or remotely, on almost any standard desktop, laptop or tablet PC.

Encapsulation

Avoid application conflicts by running each application on a virtual machine, instead of putting all on one server.

Encapsulating an entire machine allows you to safely run several operating systems and applications at the same time on a single server, with each having access to the needed resources at any time.

The hardware resources can be used whenever and wherever needed, thanks to their dynamic allocation. Peak times require excess hardware and useless expenses; you can now eliminate them as you rest assured that the necessary resources are permanently available to your highest priority applications.

Flexibility

The configuration of a Virtual Machine is very versatile. Each Virtual Machine can have its own separate configuration, with different IP allocation, with the operating system of your choice, with the chosen number of IP addresses, and different amount of resources- processing power, disk space, virtual memory.

Efficiency

Iristel will configure and have your Virtual Machine ready to use in just a couple of minutes. Any type of changes will take the same, as hardware independence gives the freedom to move a virtual machine from one type of x86 computer to another without making any changes to the device drivers, operating system, or applications.

SMS Functionality

Iristel’s SMS messaging platform provides routing, interoperability, translations, and management across technologies for seamless messaging between wireless operators and IP-based service providers.

The most critical factor in the success of SMS services is immediate delivery of a message, which leads to revenue guarantee. IP-based service providers must be confident that messages are delivered to end-users. In fact, a service provider’s success – and the success of the customers they serve – depends on the ability to manage a range of issues such as interoperability, network and routing, and complex business relationships that exist in the messaging industry.

Our SMS solution is intended to be used for peer-to-peer messaging (that is, between two subscribers, each having their own permanently assigned phone number), and is not a replacement for short-code aggregation type services.

Iristel is the first VOIP operator with coast to coast coverage offering SMS enabled Canadian DIDs, offering the most complete approach to meeting the technological challenges associated with this service. The SMS interconnections are done using SMPP protocol and all SMPP connections are done through VPNs. The SMS interconnection includes unlimited inbound SMS-es (from mobile networks to customer) and Outbound SMS-es are offered at wholesale pricing plans, based on monthly volumes. Direct connection to Iristel includes redundant SMPP binds.

The advantages of using Iristel’s SMS solution include:

• Real Time Message Delivery, which provides real-time processing of messages versus batch message delivery
• Delivery Confirmation
• Fast configuration process and updates
• Redundancy through 2 dedicated servers
• Secured transmission through VPN
• Highly competitive interconnection costs
• The possibility to select Inbound Only SMS, Outbound Only SMS, or both

Being a fully fledged coast to coast Canadian CLEC, Iristel’s network interconnects with the ILEC infrastructure directly, bridging the gap between TDM and VoIP.

Traditionally, 411 services with a Canadian flavour required a TDM interconnection, which demanded high fixed costs and had a lack of flexibility due to the nature of TDM links. Thus, many VoIP service providers utilize the services of US based 411 providers, which fit a rough need but do not provide the same user experience or coverage as a native Canadian 411 service will feel to a Canadian end user.

Through this step, Iristel provides a cost effective and technically viable option for VoIP service operators to provide Canadian flavoured 411 services.

Iristel’s 411 service provides operator assistance, with initial automated speech recognition in both the English and French languages and with the local Canadian content (e.g. asking for a province and not a state by default)

The phone number coverage is based on the centralized 411 database system that Canadian ILECs and CLECs maintain under the existing Canadian regulations. In this sense the queries are being made with greater and more up to date coverage than what US based 411 services are providing for Canadian numbers. Iristel’s 411 directory assistance service will also be able to cover U.S. listings.

The pricing model is imputed in Iristel’s wholesale program, being a fixed rate per call.
Call routing is transparent, behaving at SIP level like the regular call termination services provided by Iristel.

85 new geographic area codes have been added to our coverage in Germany: AACHEN, AUGSBURG, BERGISCH GLADBACH, BIELEFELD, BOBLINGEN, BOCHUM, BOTTROP, BRAUNSCHWEIG, BREMEN, BREMERHAVEN, CHEMNITZ, COTTBUS, DARMSTADT, DESSAU ANH, DORTMUND, DRESDEN, DUISBURG, DUREN, ERFURT, ERLAGEN, ESSEN, FANKFURT AM MAIN, FLENSBURG, FREIBURG, FURTH ODENW, GELSENKIRCHEN, GOTTINGEN, GUTERSLOH, HAGEN WESTF, HALLE SAALE, HAMM WESTF, HANAU, HEIDELBERG, HEILBRONN, HERNE, HILDESHEIM, INGOLSTADT, JENA, KAISERSLAUTER, KARLSRUHE, KASSEL, KIEL, KOBLENZ A RHEIN, KREFELD, LEIPZIG, LEVERKUSEN, LUBECK, LUDWIGSBURG WURTT, LUNEN, MAGDEBURG, MAINZ, MANNHEIM, MARL, MINDEN WESTF, MOERS, MONCHENGLADBACH, MUNSTER, NEUSS, OLDENBURG IN HOLSTEIN, OSNABRUCK, PADERBORN, PFORZHEIM, POTSDAM, POTSDAM, RATINGEN, RECKLINGHAUSEN, REGENSBURG, REMSCHEID, REUTLINGEN, ROSTOCK, SAARBRUCKEN, SALZGITTER, SCHWERIN MECKL, SIEGEN, SOLINGEN, TRIER, ULM, VELBERT, WIESBADEN, WILHELMSHAVEN, WITTEN, WOLFSBURG, WUPPERTAL, ZWICKAU

Los Angeles, Calif. (August 9, 2011) – GOGII, makers of textPlus, today announced users in Canada can have their very own free phone number to support fast, free and unlimited texting with anyone — whether they are using textPlus or not. textPlus is the worldwide leader in mobile social messaging, available on Android and iOS devices and reaching over 50 million users in 193 countries/territories. To date, there have been 60 million messages sent per day and almost 14 billion overall messages sent in the textPlus network.

Now, textPlus users with an iPhone, iPad and/or iPod touch device can text their friends within Canada and over the border in the US at no cost. iPhone users can use their textPlus phone number as a free, dedicated texting line. Users on iPod touch and iPad connected devices just need a WiFi connection to use textPlus to reach any other SMS-enabled phone.

In addition to free texting, users can also participate in textPlus communities — public and private chatrooms where users can talk about anything from Justin Bieber to the local sports team. textPlus users can search within the app to find these communities and discover new people, places and things. Millions of messages have been exchanged every day in textPlus communities.

“Our friends in Canada – where we have a large, active user base – are very important to us. So when they say ‘our #1 request is to have a free phone number’ we definitely listened,” said Scott Lahman, CEO of GOGII. “With a dedicated phone number, Canadians are now able to text anyone for free in both Canada and the US. And the best part is that friends not using the app can text back at standard message rates, even if they’re across the border in the US.”

textPlus has partnered with Iristel, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) operator licensed by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), to acquire the real phone numbers that will be provided to Canadian textPlus users. Iristel’s coverage areas in Canada include cities in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Quebec.

“Iristel is committed to bring the most advanced and affordable communications solutions to Canadians across the country, so we are thrilled to partner with textPlus and help them deliver on the needs of their Canadian customers,” said Samer Bishay, Iristel CEO and founder. “Iristel’s expansive Canadian local coverage makes our partnership a natural, organic fit since our ultimate goal is to reach out to as many Canadians as possible with the most versatile technologies.”

Phone numbers are available today in the latest version of textPlus, which can be downloaded for free in the Canadian iTunes App Store: http://tpca.cpi.textpl.us/s/t

About GOGII
GOGII (go-jee) is a mobile communications technology company and makers of textPlus, the leading free mobile social messaging app. The company was founded in 2007 by the founders of leading entertainment publisher JAMDAT Mobile, acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006. GOGII is headquartered in Los Angeles and backed by leading venture capital firms Matrix Partners, GRP Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ iFund. For more information, visit www.gogii.com.

About textPlus
textPlus is the leading mobile social messaging destination and the #36 all-time free app in the iTunes App Store. textPlus provides free one-to-one and group texting, both providing and replacing texting services for millions of people worldwide. Additionally, textPlus uniquely offers communities, social search and the ability to discover new people, places and things. Anyone can use textPlus, and the app is currently available on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android phones and tablets. For more information, visit: www.textplus.com.

About Iristel Inc.
Established in 1999, Iristel is a leading global provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services with its headquarters in Toronto, Canada. The company was granted a carrier license by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) in 2000 and today it is a national VoIP service provider with the CRTC’s Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) designation in Canada. In addition, Iristel offers the broadest portfolio of IP services in Canada, including hosted IP PBX (private branch exchange), virtual faxing, virtual roaming, and global IP trunking products and services. Its expertise includes PBX and VPN (virtual private network) installations for enterprises with multiple locations. Iristel has also deployed multiple, redundant switching facilities and Points of Presence (PoPs) nationally resulting in the delivery of stable telecom business solutions to its customers. More information about Iristel can be found at: http://www.Iristel.ca.

TORONTO and XIAMEN, China – June 16 , 2011 – Iristel Inc., a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) operator licensed by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and Yealink, a leading designer and manufacturer of IP Voice and Video Phones, today announced that rigorous interoperability tests have been completed to ensure compatibility between Iristel’s SIP (Session Internet Protocol) Trunking service and Yealink IP (Internet Protocol) Phones. Iristel’s small to midsize business (SMB) customers can now benefit from a fully integrated, cost-effective telephony solution that features high definition (HD) audio capabilities.

“We are broadening our portfolio of industry leading VoIP solutions with the addition of Yealink’s innovative HD IP phones,” says Samer Bishay, Iristel CEO. “At Iristel we are committed to empowering Canadian SMBs with the latest in VoIP technologies, and by partnering with industry leaders like Yealink we are able to deliver big business capabilities to them.”

Iristel’s SIP Trunking service enables customers of all sizes to converge local, long distance and private voice traffic on a single IP backbone and reduce network costs. In 2007, the company was the first to launch a HD VoIP service in Canada.

“We are very pleased with the interoperability of our award-winning products and Iristel’s sophisticated VoIP network. The combination of their reliable and flexible service and our Enterprise HD IP Phone delivers excellent value to small and medium-sized businesses, and provides the most innovative VoIP technologies to address their specific needs,” says Stone Lu, Vice President of Yealink.

Yealink SIP-T2x series enterprise HD IP Phones, including SIP-T28P/SIP-T26P/SIP-T22P/SIP-T20P, work seamlessly with Iristel’s SIP trunking service. Yealink award-winning IP Phone series is equipped with TI chipset to ensure a better quality and high definition voice, and also embeds rich features including auto-provision, PoE, IPv6 and various value-added functions. Yealink IP Phone series benefits customers from its high quality, easy deployment, broad interoperability and attractive pricing.

For more information about Iristel and Yealink’s solutions, visit company representatives at CommunicAsia2011 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from June 21 to 24. Iristel’s booth number is BH2-05 and Yealink’s is BS2-01.

About Iristel

Established in 1999, Iristel is a leading global provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services with its headquarters in Toronto, Canada. The company was granted a carrier license by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) in 2000 and today it is a national VoIP service provider with the CRTC’s Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) designation in Canada. In addition, Iristel offers the broadest portfolio of IP services in Canada, including hosted IP PBX (private branch exchange), virtual faxing, virtual roaming, and global IP trunking products and services. Its expertise includes PBX and VPN (virtual private network) installations for enterprises with multiple locations. Iristel has also deployed multiple, redundant switching facilities and Points of Presence (PoPs) nationally resulting in the delivery of stable telecom business solutions to its customers. More information about Iristel can be found at: http://www.iristel.ca.

About Yealink

Founded in 2001, Yealink is the professional designer and manufacturer of IP Phone and IP Video Phone for the world-wide broadband telephony market. Yealink has been ten years focusing on VoIP products characterized by high cost-performance, easy deployment and affordable price. Yealink benefits customers from flexibility and broad interoperability with the major IP-PBX, softswitch and IMS in the market. Chosen by famous carriers, enterprises and clients from over 80 countries, Yealink provides SMB and diversified customers from all over the world a best choice to extend their value of network communication. See more information on www.yealink.com.

TORONTO, CANADA and BROOKLINE, MA. USA (June 14, 2011) – Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, and Iristel Inc., a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) operator licensed by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), today announced that Grandstream’s GXV3175 IP Multimedia Phone and the GXP21xx/GXP14xx series of Enterprise IP Phones are now available as part of Iristel’s hosted IP-PBX (private branch exchange) solutions. Grandstream’s award-winning products, combined with Iristel’s sophisticated VoIP network, enable consumers and small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) to quickly benefit from the costs savings and efficiencies offered by IP services.

Iristel will offer Grandstream’s award-winning GXV3175 IP multimedia phone with real-time video calling capability and instant access to Web, social networking and multimedia applications to both residential and business customers. The converged solution offers a feature-rich, sophisticated CPE (customer premises equipment) device that delivers face-to-face or three-way video calling out-of-the-box from anywhere in the world using Iristel’s reliable and stable VoIP network. Iristel will also support Grandstream’s award-winning line of GXP21xx/GXP14xx Enterprise HD IP Phones.

“We are excited to continue our partnership with Iristel as we expand our presence in Canada by providing robust voice and video communication solutions to their customers,” said David Li, CEO of Grandstream.

The GXV3175 represents the future in personal IP multimedia communication. Stunning video quality, intriguing user interface with delightful details, rich Web applications embodied in a sleek tablet-like design, distinguished this product as the ultimate desktop multimedia phone. The GXV3175 sports a large 7″ touch screen color LCD, a tiltable mega pixel CMOS camera with razor sharp clarity, dual network ports with integrated PoE, integrated WiFi, comprehensive auxiliary ports, and support for advanced video compression standard H.264/H.263/H.263+. The GXV3175 also features state-of-the-art real time video conference, personalized rich media presentation and delivery, popular Web and social networking applications, and advanced business productivity tools.

“Iristel is committed to offering Canadian customers from coast to coast, the latest in VoIP technologies,” said Samer Bishay, Iristel CEO. “The advanced functionality of Grandstream’s GXV3175 and GXP21xx/GXP14xx series of enterprise HD IP phones, backed by the reliability and global coverage of the Iristel network, provide exciting options for Canadian businesses to cut their communications costs while increasing productivity.”

The GXP21xx/GXP14xx series of Enterprise HD IP Phones features the 6-line GXP2120, the 4-line GXP2110 and GXP2100, as well as the 2-line GXP1450. The series offers rich telephony features, HD audio quality, multi-line indicators, integrated PoE, superior hands-free HD speakerphone, and is an ideal fit for SMBs and enterprises. The GXP21xx/GXP14xx series also features a full duplex speakerphone, multi-language, XML screen, and personalized web apps.

About Grandstream Networks

Founded in 2002, Grandstream Networks is the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions. Grandstream serves the small-to-medium business and consumer markets with innovative products that lower communication costs, increase security protection, and enhance productivity. Our open standard SIP-based products offer broad interoperability in the industry, unrivaled features, flexibility, and price-performance competitiveness. Visit http://www.grandstream.com for more information.

About Iristel, Inc

Established in 1999, Iristel is a leading global provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services with its headquarters in Toronto, Canada. The company was granted a carrier license by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) in 2000 and is a national VoIP service provider with the CRTC’s Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) designation in Canada. In addition, Iristel offers the broadest portfolio of IP services in Canada, including hosted IP PBX (private branch exchange), virtual faxing, virtual roaming, and global IP trunking products and services. Its expertise includes PBX and VPN (virtual private network) installations for enterprises with multiple locations. Iristel has also deployed multiple, redundant switching facilities and Points of Presence (PoPs) nationally resulting in the delivery of stable telecom business solutions to its customers. Visit http://www.iristel.ca for more information.

CONTACT

GRANDSTREAM
Lorena Leonard
Marketing Communications Manager
marketing@grandstream.com
617-566-9300

IRISTEL
Lizanne McReelis
Echo Communications
lizanne@echo-communications.com
+1 647-438-5414

GUI web interfaces make the Grandstream GXP1200 quick and easy to install and manage. Broad interoperability with major SIP based platforms ensures compatibility with any IP communications system.

Its easy installation, hands-free duplex speakerphone, backlit graphic LCD display, eight dedicated function keys, and XML applications make the GXP1200 a very cost-effective choice for any business that needs a feature rich two line IP phone.

2 Calling Lines

200 or more contacts

128×32 pixel graphical LCD with backlit

Caller ID Show/Restrict

Quick Redial

Volume keys

Mute Key

Call Hold

Call Forward

3-way Call

Voice Mail

Full duplex speakerphone w/advanced audio echo cancellation
Headset jack (2.5 mm) for broad headset compatibility
SIP Compliant and Protocols: SIP, TCP/IP/UDP, RTP/RTCP, HTTP, ARP, ICMP, DNS (A record and SRV), DHCP(both client and server), PPPoE, TFTP, NTP, etc.
Networking Interfaces: Dual 10/100mbps Ethernet ports (switched or routed).
Superb Audio Quality: Advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Silence suppression, VAD, CNG, AGC high fidelity wideband audio (G.722).
Custom Ringtone Software: Convert most music files to a Grandstream ringtone
Advanced Functionality: multi-language support (MLS), headset enabled, AES encryption, etc.
Automated provisioning for mass deployment, SRTP and TLS (pending) for security protection
User and administrator level passwords, MD5 and MD5-sess based authentication, AES based secure configuration file, SRTP, TLS, 802.1x media access control

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Extending Grandstream’s commitment to quality, feature, and performance, the GXP1450 comes standard with HD wideband audio, full duplex hands-free speakerphone, multiple languages, large 2000-item phone book and call history records, strong security protection based on TLS/SRTP/HTTPS/AES, and various personal productivity applications including real time local weather automatically delivered with zero configuration, etc.

2 Calling Lines

2000 contacts

180×60 pixel backlit graphical LCD display with up to 4 level grayscale

Caller ID Show/Restrict

Quick Redial

Volume keys

Mute Key

Call Hold

Call Forward

3-way Call

Voice Mail

2 Dual-Color line keys (2 SIP accounts, 2 Line Appearances); 3 XML programmable context-sensitive soft keys
HD wideband audio hardware and software support for G.722
Full-duplex speakerphone with advanced acoustic echo cancellation
Dual 10/100 PoE Ports
Both RJ9 and 2.5mm jacks for professional and casual use
Firmware upgrade via TFTP/HTTP/HTTPS, mass provisioning using TR-069 or encrypted XML configuration file
User and administrator level passwords, MD5 and MD5-sess based authentication, AES based secure configuration file, SRTP, TLS, 802.1x media access control
Multilanguage: English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc.

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